Weizhou: Reading Fire and Water in the Coast
Basalt, fragmented volcanic deposits and marine erosion reveal how Weizhou’s coast was built and reshaped over time.
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Shengtang Church: Island Stone, Travelling Forms
Pointed openings and local coral stone connect Shengtang Catholic Church with Weizhou’s village life and nineteenth-century religious history.
Weizhou’s Living Edge: What the Reef Studies Reveal
Corals, algae, sediment and heat shape Weizhou’s reefs; studies of small encounters and longer histories reveal a changing marine community.
Qiaogang Rice Rolls: Skill in a Thin Sheet
A thin rice sheet takes shape through steaming, lifting and filling, while family histories help sustain the craft.
Qiaogang: A Fishing Town Rebuilt After Migration
The story behind Qiaogang’s food streets begins with families arriving from Vietnam and continues through changing forms of maritime work.
Finding Han Hepu Beneath the Ground
Walls, wells, production remains and tombs reveal how archaeologists reconstruct Hepu’s Han-era maritime world from evidence that survives in different forms.
Hepu Han Beads: Materials, Making and Exchange
Scientific study of Hepu’s Han tomb beads traces varied materials and skilled making while leaving individual routes uncertain.
Beihai Old Street: Arcade Houses and Merchant Plots
Zhuhai Road’s arcades, shopfronts and deep merchant plots preserve the form of a coastal commercial street.